Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
90 articles
TRAIN, PALESTINE, TRUMP, EAST
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment.
The
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YEAR, FLORIDA, SHOOTING, JOURNALIST
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Investigators are trying to determine what motivated a string of deadly shootings Wednesday in a neighborhood outside Orlando, Florida – a spree that killed a 9-year-old girl, a woman and a TV news journalist who was covering one of the incidents, authorities
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WEINSTEIN, SENTENCED, HARVEY, YEARS
Oscar-winning Hollywood producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years in jail in his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial, all but guaranteeing that the 70-year-old movie boss will spend the rest of his life behind
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ALEX, MURDAUGH, TRIAL, DOUBLE
Alex Murdaugh describes seeing wife, son dead
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh described arriving to find the grisly scene of the killings of his wife and son Thursday while staunchly denying any role in their deaths. (Feb. 23)
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BIDEN, PRESIDENT, JOE, HOUSE
Joe Biden and his team just keep showing us how incompetent they are at their jobs. We see constant examples of it every day. We saw it when Biden couldn’t be bothered to give a response to a reporter about Putin saying he was going to suspend the START nuclear
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, CHINA, PEACE
BEIJING (AP) — China has called for a cease-fire between Ukraine and Russia and the opening of peace talks as part of a 12-point proposal to end the conflict.
The plan issued Friday morning by the Foreign Ministry also urges the end of Western sanctions imposed
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BALDWIN, ALEC, RUST, GUILTY
Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie and waived his first formal court appearance, in court documents filed Thursday.
Baldwin and a
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NEW, FRIED, CHARGES, BANKMAN
A superseding indictment was filed on Thursday.
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces four additional criminal charges of conspiracy contained in a superseding indictment unsealed Thursday.
The new charges include conspiracy to commit bank fraud and
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WINTER, POWER, STORM, 000
A large winter storm continues to impact the northern Plains, upper Midwest and interior New England.
BRUTAL WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO SLAM CALIFORNIA WITH HEAVY SNOW, WIND
Winter weather advisories are in place across this entire region and, as of Thursday
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ATTORNEY, MISSOURI, GARDNER, KIM
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a writ of quo warranto to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from her position, according to his office.
Bailey gave Gardner until 12:00
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CALIFORNIA, BLIZZARD, WARNING, WINTER
Rare blizzard warnings have been issued for parts of Southern California as a powerful winter storm is expected to snarl travel through the weekend.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, this is the first blizzard warning for the mountains of Los Angeles and
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TUCKER, CARLSON, JAN, FOOTAGE
Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is keeping a promise he made during his campaign to become House Speaker, releasing footage of the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building exclusively to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
"I was asked in the press about these tapes, and
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GUN, AMERICA, YEAR, DEATH
Last week, there was another mass shooting -- this one on the campus of Michigan State University. A gunman armed with two handguns randomly shot at people inside a classroom and later at the student union. Three students died in the attacks, and five were
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DESANTIS, FLORIDA, BORDER, CRISIS
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has issued a set of proposals to crack down on illegal immigration across the state of Florida, blasting President Joe Biden for “reckless … open border policies.”
DeSantis detailed the list of legislative proposals during a press conference
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PUTIN, NUCLEAR, TREATY, PROMISES
It seemed to be a scary example of bellicose warmongering foreshadowing a catastrophic escalation. But Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement this week that he was abandoning the last major nuclear arms control treaty may have been more symbolic than
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BILL, TRANS, HEADED, HOUSE
A Kentucky Senate committee advanced a bill Thursday to expand an address confidentiality program intended to protect domestic violence victims from their abusers.
The measure builds on a limited, little-utilized program that shields victims' home addresses
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BALLOON, SPY, CHINESE, PENTAGON
This selfie above China's balloon was taken over Missouri. Here's how we know that
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It's arguably the greatest selfie ever taken. A pilot aboard the Air Force's legendary U-2 spy
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CARLOS, MEDIA, OZY, WATSON
Carlos Watson, the founder of the troubled digital start-up Ozy Media, was arrested on Thursday and charged with fraud by federal investigators, punctuating one of the more precipitous falls in the annals of online journalism.
Prosecutors for the Eastern District
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HEALTH, POLL, THREAT, TOP
Republicans And Democrats Have Very Different Views On What The Largest Threat To Public Health Is: POLL
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Republicans and Democrats across the nation have very different views on what is the current
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PRESIDENTIAL, DEBATE, REPUBLICANS, AUGUST
The Republican National Committee has decided that the opening Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will take place in Milwaukee this August
NEW YORK -- The opening Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will take
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OFFICIAL, BRINTON, DESIGNER, BIDEN
A Houston designer claims she had to cancel a fashion show after her bag full of the custom-made pieces was lost at a Washington DC airport – only for them to seemingly resurface years later being worn by former Department of Energy official Sam Brinton.
Asya
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BLACK, MAYFLOWER, ANGELA, DESCENDANT
What happens when a long-standing race activist and member of the black power movement finds out she’s descended from white people and the cameras are rolling? Must-see television happens.
Angela Davis, a self-proclaimed Marxist and person who has profited
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TAIWAN, TROOPS, CHINESE, PRESENCE
The U.S. is expanding the number of troops it has stationed in Taiwan in an effort to strengthen a training program for the island's military as threats by China increase, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
Plans call for between 100-200 troops to be sent
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PLANE, CRASH, ARKANSAS, DEAD
Five Arkansas environmental employees heading to a deadly Ohio metal plant explosion were killed in a plane crash Wednesday, officials said.
The twin-engine plane crashed several miles south of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock,
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